Unfortunately its not my feeder, it's set up at the wetlands trust in the woodlands area. I used to have a bird feeder and table in the garden until the next door nightmares brought in a bird murdering moggy. Now putting food out for the birds here is tantamount to baiting the trap.

(Actually, I do love cats and certainly can't blame the cats for just doing what comes naturally to them. )

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

Very nice Dug. Zooming in shouldn't affect the graininess, unless you are cropping or increasing the exposure levels in post processing. It might be your camera is using a high ISO setting if you are shooting in auto mode. If you set the max ISO to the 400 mark, you should be able to eliminate much of the noise, or shoot on a slow shutter speed with the camera braced.

We're expecting some snow down here tomorrow so I might try and get a shot or two before it gets walked over (assuming it settles, that is, and I can pull myself out of my nice warm bed).

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.

Penners it a bridge camera not a DSLR if I have the name right ,there is only zoom and a couple of other bits you can do I cropped the 2nd one and it was shot in auto mode maybe it was just the light with the mist that made it look that way.

Thanks for the info anyway.

He willnae tak' a drink! I think he's deid! , on the other hand though A Midgie in yir hand is worth twa up yir kilt.